Ruthless Bloomberg Kidnap-Victim Mouths "HELP ME" at ATM
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 7 February 2022
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
An armed gunman rams the gate at former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Colorado ranch and kidnaps a housekeeper. 48-year-old Joseph Beecher facing kidnapping, felony menacing, and other charges in both Colorado and Wyoming. After abducting 46-year-old Amanda Edinger, Beecher forced her to drive to several stops in the Denver area before driving to Wyoming. Federal and local authorities located them at the Stagecoach Motel in Cheyenne, and a Cheyenne Police Department SWAT team made the arrest. Edinger was unharmed. Bloomberg bought the 4,600-acre ranch in the White River Valley in 2020 for $45 million.
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| 0:00.0 | This proves that no one is immune to crime. |
| 0:19.3 | Crime strikes at every socioeconomic level, and I'm talking about multi-millionaire, |
| 0:27.5 | famous people. |
| 0:29.1 | First of all, take a listen to our cut. |
| 0:31.3 | One, Kim Christian sent Kyle Clark, nine knees, Colorado. |
| 0:35.5 | We start with breaking news. |
| 0:36.6 | Law enforcement across Colorado are looking for a missing woman tonight. |
| 0:40.4 | The Colorado Bureau of Investigations as Amanda Ebender was kidnapped in Real Blanco |
| 0:44.6 | County in Western Colorado earlier today. |
| 0:48.6 | Investigators think that a man named Joseph Beecher kidnapped her and maybe headed east. |
| 0:52.1 | They were last seen in golden around 330 this afternoon. |
| 0:55.2 | It could be in a maroon 4 F-150, Colorado plates. |
| 0:58.8 | Truck may also have a cover or shell on the back. |
| 1:01.6 | CBIs as they believe the suspect is armed. |
| 1:04.4 | Anyone with information is asked to keep their distance and call 911. |
| 1:08.6 | Take a listen now to our cut to ABC. |
| 1:12.2 | Authorities say on Wednesday morning, the suspect Joseph Beecher ran his vehicle through |
| 1:16.7 | the main gate to the home and confronted a supervising housekeeper. |
| 1:21.0 | She reportedly asked where the billionaires daughters were wanting to make an international |
| 1:25.6 | scene. |
| 1:26.6 | But officials say the Bloomberg's were not at the ranch. |
| 1:29.4 | The woman telling authorities Beecher pointed a machine gun at her face and told her she |
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